# 雋

| 雋 | U+96CB, &#38603; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96CB |
| ← 雊 [U+96CA] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 雌 → [U+96CC] |

## Translingual
### Han character

雋 (Kangxi radical 172, 隹+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 人土中一尸 (OGLMS), four-corner 2022$_7$, composition ⿱隹⿲丨㇅⿰丨𠃌)

#### Derived characters

* 儁, 𠿘, 𡼕, 懏, 擕, 檇, 𤎱, 㻽, 臇, 𦆈(𰬹), 𧓈, 𧗔, 觹, 𰵇, 鐫(𰾹), 𩦩, 𪆳
* 𠟠, 寯, 嶲, 𦼱, 𥨣, 𧕲, 𧕣, 𢋄, 𤺻

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1366, character 9
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41996
* Dae Jaweon: page 1870, character 15
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4095, character 3
* Unihan data for U+96CB

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 隽 | *zonʔ |
| 檇 | *zuːl, *ʔsul, *ʔsluls |
| 臇 | *ʔsol, *ʔsonʔ |
| 嶲 | *solʔ |
| 鐫 | *ʔson |
| 雋 | *zonʔ |
| 儁 | *ʔsuns |
| 寯 | *ʔsuns |
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 隹 (“bird”) + 弓 (“bow”).
A bow is aiming at a bird upward.

### Etymology

Likely from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsow-s (“fat, omentum”); cognate with Tibetan ཚོ་བ (tsho ba, “fat”), Burmese ဆူ (hcu, “plump”), as well as 臇 (OC *ʔsol, *ʔsonʔ, “thick meat stew”) (STEDT).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): juàn (juan$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): syun$^5$ / cyun$^5$ / zeon$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: juàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jyuàn
*** Wade–Giles: chüan$^4$
*** Yale: jywàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuann
*** Palladius: цзюань (czjuanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: syun$^5$ / cyun$^5$ / zeon$^3$
*** Yale: syúhn / chyúhn / jeun
*** Cantonese Pinyin: syn$^5$ / tsyn$^5$ / dzoen$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xun$^5$ / qun$^5$ / zên$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /syːn¹³/, /t͡sʰyːn¹³/, /t͡sɵn³³/
* Middle Chinese: dzjwenX
Rime :
| Character | 雋 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 從 (15) |
| Final (韻) | 仙 (78) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 徂兖切 |
| Baxter | dzjwenX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡ziuᴇn$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡zʷiɛn$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡zjuæn$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡zwian$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /d͡ziuɛn$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /d͡zĭwɛn$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /d͡zʱi̯wɛn$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | juàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zyun$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*zonʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 雋 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 7218 |
| Phonetic component | 雋 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 雋 |
| Old Chinese | /*zonʔ/ |

#### Definitions

雋
* (obsolete, especially of bird meat) plump; fatty; rich; delicious
* (literary) meaningful; thought-provoking
* a surname

#### Compounds

* 清新雋永 / 清新隽永
* 雋永 / 隽永 (juànyǒng)
* 雋爽 / 隽爽
* 雋語 / 隽语 (juànyǔ)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jùn (jun$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄣˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jùn
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄣˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jyùn
*** Wade–Giles: chün$^4$
*** Yale: jyùn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiunn
*** Palladius: цзюнь (czjunʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕyn⁵¹/

#### Definitions

雋
* (literary) Alternative form of 俊 (jùn, “one who is superior in talent; superior in talent”)

#### Compounds

* 得雋 / 得隽
* 雋拔 / 隽拔
* 雋朗 / 隽朗
* 雋楚 / 隽楚
* 雋譽 / 隽誉

### References

* “雋”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* excel

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): せん (sen)、しゅん (shun)
* Kun: すぐれる (sugureru)

#### Compounds

* 英雋 (えいしゅん, eishūn)

## Korean
### Hanja

雋 • (jun) (hangeul 준, revised jun, McCune–Reischauer chun, Yale cwun)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

雋: Hán Nôm readings: tuấn
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